Banning compostable organics from landfills provides a greater impact on climate change than any other action to enhance air soil and water. Composting and Anaerobic digestion reduces GHG emissions, avoids methane generation, and provides and provides an a vast number of environmental benefits. We must all recognize 25 to 30% of what is landfilled today is food scraps and food soiled fiber. Food scraps and other organics disposed in landfills is the cause of 58% of methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills. That’s a vast amount more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than any other landfill source.
Benefits of Composting and Anaerobic Digestion
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Significantly reduces methane, and captures methane for beneficial reuse.
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Reduces and in some cases eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers.
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Promotes higher yields of agricultural crops.
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Aids in re-forestation, wetlands restoration, and habitat revitalization.
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Remediates soils contaminated by hazardous waste in a cost-effective manner.
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Provides cost savings over conventional soil, water, and air pollution remediation technologies..
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Alleviates soil compaction.
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Enhances water retention in soils, reducing need for irrigation.
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Provides carbon sequestration.
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Biogas produced from anaerobic digestion can be used for energy generation or